Summary

This publication synthesizes research on the nation's most exemplary learning organizations. Richard DuFour, Superintendent of the Adlai E. Stevenson School District, and Robert Eaker, Dean of the College of Education at Middle Tennessee State University, have integrated studies of outstanding schools and effective business practices to outline powerful, practical means of managing change in schools. You will learn:

Five essential questions for gauging the effectiveness of a principal's leadership

How to create a vision your staff can share to strengthen their commitment and increase their motivation

Ten strategies for developing a more successful school, including redefining values and re-focusing curricula

An effective approach to overcoming barriers to change in your school

Ways to collect data and to identify and assess patterns

Powerful strategies for using your most important resource, your staff, to create positive, systemic change in your schools

This publication synthesizes research on the nation's most exemplary learning organizations. Richard DuFour, Superintendent of the Adlai E. Stevenson School District, and Robert Eaker, Dean of the College of Education at Middle Tennessee State University, have integrated studies of outstanding schools and effective business practices to outline powerful, practical means of managing change in schools. You will learn:

Five essential questions for gauging the effectiveness of a principal's leadership

How to create a vision your staff can share to strengthen their commitment and increase their motivation

Ten strategies for developing a more successful school, including redefining values and re-focusing curricula

An effective approach to overcoming barriers to change in your school

Ways to collect data and to identify and assess patterns

Powerful strategies for using your most important resource, your staff, to create positive, systemic change in your schools

Summary

This publication synthesizes research on the nation's most exemplary learning organizations. Richard DuFour, Superintendent of the Adlai E. Stevenson School District, and Robert Eaker, Dean of the College of Education at Middle Tennessee State University, have integrated studies of outstanding schools and effective business practices to outline powerful, practical means of managing change in schools. You will learn:

Five essential questions for gauging the effectiveness of a principal's leadership

How to create a vision your staff can share to strengthen their commitment and increase their motivation

Ten strategies for developing a more successful school, including redefining values and re-focusing curricula

An effective approach to overcoming barriers to change in your school

Ways to collect data and to identify and assess patterns

Powerful strategies for using your most important resource, your staff, to create positive, systemic change in your schools